C-value estimates for 31 species of ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
- 6 January 2004
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Hereditas
- Vol. 139 (2), 121-127
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1601-5223.2003.01766.x
Abstract
This study provides C-value (haploid nuclear DNA content) estimates for 31 species of ladybird beetles (representing 6 subfamilies and 8 tribes), the first such data for the family Coccinellidae. Despite their unparalleled diversity, the Coleoptera have been very poorly studied in terms of genome size variation, such that even this relatively modest sample of species makes the Coccinellidae the third best studied family of beetles, behind the Tenebrionidae and Chrysomelidae. The present study provides a comparison of patterns of genome size variation with these two relatively well-studied families. No correlation was found between genome size and body size in the ladybirds, in contrast to some other invertebrate groups but in keeping with findings for other beetle families. However, there is some indication that developmental time and/or feeding ecology is related to genome size in this group. Some phylogenetic patterns and possible associations with subgenomic features are also discussed.Keywords
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